AKRON, Ohio -- Brian Hoyer and Johnny Manziel will kick off their quarterback competition in organized team activities this week, and coach Mike Pettine doesn't expect them to be grilling out and double-dating all summer.

"We don't want guys who are going to be warm and fuzzy,'' he said at the Akron Browns Backers banquet at Tangier Restaurant. "They're fighting for a job. It's somebody you're going to be working with. It's a unique situation where you're competitive, you want that job. It's not going to be this warm and fuzzy (thing). That to me is how you want your quarterback to be.''

Pettine, who vowed he'll let the best man win, added, "The Peyton Mannings and the Tom Bradys probably aren't the warmest and the nicest to the guys who are coming in trying to take their jobs. ...There's no better motivator than someone breathing down your neck trying to take your job.''

Pettine began the day by saying of Hoyer and Manziel, "I don't know if they're going to be sending each other Christmas cards anytime soon,'' at the Positive Coaching Alliance Breakfast and then re-inforced it before speaking to more than 300 guests at the banquet, where he received a barking, standing ovation.

"Yeah, that's what I meant,'' Pettine said. "Nobody's going across the table yet in a quarterback meeting (but) they're ultra competitors. They're going to be friendly to each other, but that's why I said that.''

Pettine reiterated that "right now Brian Hoyer's the starter and it's going to be his job for somebody to take from him.''

He also stressed that the Browns, who will open Wednesday's practice to the local and national media, have carefully plotted their strategy for creating a fair competition.

"I actually had a meeting today with Kyle (Shanahan) and with Dowell (Loggains) and we discussed it how we were going to handle the rotation initially and then moving forward,'' said Pettine. "It gets a little bit tricky with Brian's situation. He really can't do full 11-on-11 because he hasn't been cleared to do it so we're going to try to simulate 11-o-11 for him, have the d-linemen take a couple of steps and stop so he gets the feel of the huddle, calling it to all 11, running the play but not having the potential of bodies flying around him.

"But it's something that they're going to plan and they're going to chart who's getting reps with this offensive line, with these tight ends, with these receivers, just to make sure that we're getting a level evaluation on it.''

Pettine said that although the two quarterbacks will be duking it out, "they know they're both in it together and they're going to compete and I think they both feel comfortable that as a staff we're going to put the best quarterback (out there) that puts us in position to win games.''

"That's the way you want it,'' said Pettine. "He's an ultra-competitive guy and he knew that more than likely we were going to bring in a quarterback, and he reacted the way we want him to react, which was, 'Bring it on, let's go.' ''

Pettine said Manziel is also heading into the race in the right frame of mind.

"We're well aware of what Johnny brings to town and he's well aware of it, too,'' said Pettine. "He's said all the right things. That's one of the reasons we drafted him -- because we knew he could handle it. He knew he was going to have to take a step back. He was going to have to kind of check his ego at the door and earn that nickname again. It wasn't forced on him or that he was berated into that. We talked to him that way, and he knows it, that he has to earn the trust and respect of his teammates. They can look at him and know, 'We understand what you did it in college, let's see you do it in the NFL.' He's going to get every opportunity to do that.''

Pettine lived through Tim Tebow-mania in New York, and knows how it impacted Mark Sanchez.

"I can't speak for Mark, but I know as a competitor, I think it's safe to assume that it bothered him,'' he said. "I don't know how much of an effect it had, but I think what we're planning to do is just limit it as best we can, not to encourage it. We know the fire is burning, but we just don't want to throw gas on it.

Pettine said the Johnny Football persona appears to be overblown.

"He'll be the first one to tell you that,'' said Pettine. "All my dealings with him, he's been quiet, humble, he's fun to be around, he tells good stories and he's very serious about football. His football intelligence, it's not like "I just dropped back and ran around.' He knows the game and he's been well taught, whether it was coach (Kevin) Sumlin at A&M, coach (Kliff) Kingsbury who's now at Texas Tech, he's well-prepped mentally for the NFL game.''

His fellow rookies have also found him to be one of the guys -- after that initial 'wow' factor wears off.

"Just kind of hearing them talk, they see Johnny in the locker room and they know he's a good guy, he's going to be a good teammate,'' said Pettine. "He doesn't kind of carry that with him, there's no diva-type personality there. That he's just another guy and he's funny, fun to be around, and he's going to work hard and that's something they all respect.''

He acknowledges that Manziel has the 'it' factor -- but that Hoyer does too.

"We've said all along, when you just look at Brian Hoyer on paper you don't think that he can be a guy that can make it but he's got something about him, and Johnny's the same way,'' Pettine said.

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